2024-08-25 01:05:35
It takes a few hours of tracking. The suspect in the fire at the Beth Yaacov synagogue in La Grande-Motte (Hérault) was arrested this Saturday in Nîmes (Gard), in a house in the suspicious area of Pissevin, announced the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, confirming information from mortar. BFMTV etc Job 17. Two other people in his group were taken into police custody.
The arrest took place around 11:30 pm this Saturday, according to BFMTV. The man was on the top floor of a tall building. The police – and especially the Raid – have to fire to catch the individual. “Before the police intervention, he opened fire on the intervention pillar, which returned fire,” the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) said during the night from Saturday to Sunday. The individual was injured in the face. »
“The person accused of attacking the synagogue has been arrested, announced on Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin. Thanks to the law enforcement officers, and especially the RAID, who intervened with a great performance despite the shots fired. »
After several hours of tracking, the capture finally took place. The man is suspected of intentionally setting fire to two cars near the Beth Yaacov synagogue in La Grande-Motte, and the doors of the synagogue. More than 200 police and gendarmes have gathered to look for him, Gabriel Attal announced on Saturday afternoon. “Investigations are continuing in earnest in order to establish the conditions for the preparation of his actions and his flight,” indicated PNAT this Saturday evening.
No work was carried out at the time of the incident, according to a gendarmerie source in charge of the immediate investigation, but a city police officer who came to the scene was injured by the explosion of a gas bottle near the burning car. He is now out of danger and returned home on Saturday evening.
Increased security in front of Jewish places of worship
The outgoing Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin quickly announced that they would go there on Saturday afternoon, while the latter protested on the X social network a “clear crime”. “I want to assure our fellow Jewish citizens and the community of all my support and say that at the request of the President of the Nation Emmanuel Macron, all means are being mobilized to find the author,” Gérald Darmanin has also promised .
The minister who resigned also announced that he has asked all the administrators “immediately” to strengthen the guards standing in front of the Jewish places of worship. President of Hérault François-Xavier Lauch visited the site on Saturday morning.
PNAT, for its part, has opened an investigation during the day for attempted murder in relation to a terrorist enterprise, destruction by dangerous means in relation to a terrorist enterprise, and terrorist criminal conspiracy with the intention of preparing crimes of harm to people.
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